Headed for the Abbottoir? ABC raises doubts about Peppa Pig, dramas

The UK program is the No.1 downloaded children's show on ABC's iView and attracts about 2 million views a month, but the Abbott government budget cuts have forced the public broadcaster to look across its operations for savings.

Recent locally-made ABC dramas include: Redfern Now, The Time of Our Lives, Old School and Rake.

Scott said that $40 million worth of efficiencies had already been found and reinvested back to the public benefit. Sooner or later, however, the broadcaster would reach "the end of the efficiency road", he said.